Chapter 532: Kong Hai
The moment the curtain of the carriage closed, Lan Xin restrained the smile on his face. He raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, closed his eyes, and leaned against the wall of the car to pretend to sleep.
Hongxuan looked at the tiredness between her girl's eyebrows, and a touch of distress flashed in her eyes. The girl in the eyes of outsiders smiles and smiles all day long, as if she is carefree. But as the girl's personal maid, she knew that the girl's heart was not as indifferent as it was on the face.
The affairs of the Zhou family and the Rong family still have an impact on the girl. She often heard that the girl could not fall asleep at night tossing and turning, and even when she fell asleep, her brow was tightly locked.
Hongxuan pursed the corners of her mouth, lit the stove on the car, and placed the silver kettle containing mountain spring water on the stove. He took out a bag of rose tea from the dark grid, divided some of it, and put it in the tea bowl.
After a while, the water on the stove boiled. She turned off the fire, opened the lid of the silver kettle, and cooled the water for a while before pouring the water into the bowl and closing the lid. After a while, the lid was lifted, and a rich scent of roses came to my nose.
Hongxuan added a spoonful of honey to the pale red tea soup. Gently pushed it in front of Lan Xin, and reminded in a low voice: "Girl, drink a cup of hot tea." ”
"Hmm!" Lan Xin agreed softly, opened his eyes, picked up the tea bowl, and sipped. The warm tea soup flowed down the throat into the stomach, and the body was warm and very comfortable. There is still a rich, sweet floral fragrance in the mouth.
From the dark compartment, Hongxuan took out an eight-treasure box, opened the lid, and there were various colors of preserved fruits and dried fruits inside.
Lan Xin put down the tea bowl, picked a piece of dried apple, put it in his mouth and chewed it gently. pushed the box to Hongxuan's hand and motioned for her to eat it too.
Hongxuan was accustomed to her girl's informality in private, so she raised her hand and picked a piece of preserved peach and put it in her mouth, chewing it slowly.
The carriage stopped suddenly, and Lan Xin took the preserved fruit in his hand, squinted slightly, and stared at the window.
Hongxuan put down the food in her hand, picked up the handkerchief, and wiped her hands. His hand was subconsciously placed on his waist, vigilantly listening to the movement outside.
"Girl. Si Yan came over to report, "The newly appointed Master Kong in front is patrolling the streets with people, and he found a few people walking the streets and alleys with suspicious behaviors, so I want to investigate more." There are already a few carriages stuck in front of us, are we going to make a detour back home?"
Lan Xin curled the corners of his lips with a smile, put down the preserved fruit in his hand, took the wet handkerchief next to him, wiped his fingers slowly, and shook his head at the red silk.
Hongxuan said to Si Yan: "The girl said that there is no need to take a detour, and it doesn't hurt to wait." ”
"Yes!" Si Yan agreed, then returned to the front, pulled the reins, and slowly walked forward with the traffic.
Lan Xin raised her eyebrows at Hongxuan, and Hongxuan opened the thick curtain. Through the glass, I saw that there were many vendors with burdens parked on the road next to them, waiting for inspection.
The carriage slowly moved forward, and Lan Xin looked at a few pairs dressed as yamen officials, shouting at a man carrying a burden. Kong Hai wore a dark red belt around his waist, which was different from the others. Apparently the leader of this squad.
He crossed one hand on his waist and pressed the other hand against the hilt of his saber. With a straight back, he paced with a gloomy face, and his eyes were sharp as he looked at the traders.
Several of his men rummaged through the contents of their burdens rudely. Rouge gouache was sprinkled all over the ground. Some of them were honest and swallowed their anger, while others glared at the officials indignantly.
Kong Hai beckoned, and several officials behind him immediately surrounded him, holding the handle of the saber in his hand, and glaring at the person fiercely. The other merchants, worried about causing some trouble, gently tugged at the man's sleeve and signaled him not to have a hard time with anyone.
The man blushed, glared at them indignantly, and left with his burden.
Some people don't want to cause trouble, so they secretly stuff a few copper plates into the official who is searching. The official was happy in his heart, and with a wave of his hand, he let people pass.
Kong Hai looked at the carriages that were blocked on the side of the road and could only move slowly, his eyes were full of envy. After thinking about it, these people were forced to walk because of themselves, and they felt a burst of pride in their hearts.
When his eyes swept over a green cloth carriage made of fine rosewood, the smile on his face suddenly froze at Shang Lanxin's sneering eyes. For some reason, there was a hot scorching on his face. The girl in the car had a beautiful face, clear eyebrows, and bright eyes, as if she could see through people.
The red lips gently pursed the red tea soup in the tea bowl. He pursed his lips unconsciously, only to feel a thirst in his mouth.
The corners of Lan Xin's mouth hooked a faint sneer, picked up the tea bowl, and tasted the tea soup in the bowl carefully. It's like watching a play, watching a few clowns jumping up and down outside.
"Girl, this is not the first time these people have embarrassed these burden-carrying vendors. Hong Xuanjin frowned, full of disgust at the few people outside who were yelling at him.
"Hmph!" Lan Xin snorted coldly from his nose, "They only dare to show off their might to those people." ”
"It's really a chicken feather as an arrow!" Hongxuan gritted her teeth and said indignantly, "Could it be that Lord Lu just let them show off their might and shout at these ordinary people? Why doesn't Lord Lu care?"
Why? Because people are in the official career, they can't help themselves!
Lan Xin lowered his eyes and looked at the pale red tea soup in the tea bowl. can bring an unknown person to the official yamen. The energy of the people behind this is also not to be underestimated.
Moreover, he arranged Kong Hai's position as a patrol officer. This seemingly inconspicuous position, but if it is used well, it can do many things. Even at critical moments, it can be a crucial pawn.
When a game of chess has just been played, and a chess piece has not yet played its role, how can people kick the chess piece off the board?
The carriage began to move forward, and the distractions were quickly left behind.
Lan Xin had a vague smile on the corner of his mouth, his eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the regressing scenery outside the window. snorted coldly in his heart: Since someone has prepared all the chess pieces on the chessboard, how can there be any reason not to fight?
After Lan Xin returned to the house, he drew the drawings of the school overnight. Before she went to sea, she had already arranged for someone to buy the houses around the school. There are not so many students now, and the original two into the small courtyard are enough. So, when the school is renovated, those students can also continue to go to school.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, after Lan Xin had breakfast, he went around Lan Yuan to eat. After returning to the house, he left Dongxiu to speak.